Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Fimbry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002?:
Fimbristylis spadicea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis harperi
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Fimbry
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Keith Bradley kab_f_caroliniana_09121
April Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Inflorescence terminal, cymose, with sessile and pedicellate spikelets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002?:
Fimbristylis spadicea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis harperi
3927
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in brackish or alkaline sands of marsh edges and dune swales, less typically in savannas or pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets pale brown or red-brown
Bisexual
3 stamens
Inflorescence a terminal anthela
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pale to deep brown
Achene
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